Chapter 1: Welcome to Cross Academy
Yagari and the Ai sisters was currently seated on a sofa in an office. Hitori was reading her unfinished novel while Hitomi was staring around the office, her round eyes filled with curiosity. Hitori stole a quick glance at her sister. She smiled. Hitomi's current behavior makes her look like a five year old instead of fourteen. Yagari merely rolled his eyes at her behavior.
Suddenly, the office door burst open and a man with glasses came in. He wore a big smile on his face. Hitomi stared at him, feeling surprised. Hitori just continued reading her book, ignoring him completely.
"HITORI-CHAAAAN!!!!! HITOMI-CHAAAAAN!!!!!!" he wailed, running towards them with arms outstretched. He attempted to hug the Ai siblings but they narrowly avoided him, causing him to crash headfirst to the wall.
"Idiot," said Hitori and Yagari in unison. Hitomi merely giggled. She trotted towards the man, offering her hand. She smiled kindly at the man.
"Need any help?" she asked, flashing him a sweet smile. The man looked up and immediately got all teary.
"How sweet of you, Hitomi-chan! I'm touched! No thanks, I'm fine," said the man, trying to get up. Hitori walked towards the man and patiently waited for him to stand. Once he did, she looked at him with a bored expression.
"Who are you?" she asked in a monotone voice.
Yagari, who was watching the whole scene, wearily walked towards all of them and put a hand on Hitori's shoulder.
"This is Kaien Cross. He's the chairman of this academy. Unfortunately," He muttered that last part under his breath, loud enough for only Hitori to hear. The look of boredom on her face never crumpled.
Hitomi didn't notice it and immediately grinned at the chairman.
" Nice to meet you! My name is Ai Hitomi! "
"My name is Ai Hitori and I'm her older sister,"
Kaien smiled back.
" Nice to meet you both," His smile slowly faded when he saw Hitomi's uniform. It was white in color unlike Hitori's uniform which is black. He turned towards the siblings.
"I'm sure you know that our academy is made up of two classes. One is the Day Class which is for the humans and the other is the Night Class which is for the-"
"Vampires. We know. Yagari-sama told us already," Hitori stated in a flat voice. Hitomi cast a quick worried glance at her sister. Vampires has always been a sensitive subject to her sister. She could tell that underneath that stoic expression that her sister always wore, a flicker of fury can be seen in her eyes, if you bother to look at her carefully.
Kaen, too, noticed this and cast Hitomi a sad smile.
" I'm sorry about what had happened to your parents seven years ago. And..." he added hesitantly," to your sister here five years ago," He looked at Hitomi in sympathy.
Hitomi shuddered. Hitori looked down. Bangs covered her violet eyes, making it impossible to know her expression. Sadness? Fury? Regret? Who knows?
Yagari sighed. The atmosphere in the office had suddenly become thick with pressure due to the careless words that came out of the chairman's mouth. He elbowed him, glaring at him in disapproval.
Kaien smiled sheepishly.
"Anyway," he said, desperately trying to change the subject, "Welcome to Cross Academy! I'm glad to have you two here, So, you both are attending different classes?"
"Yup!" Hitomi grinned. She's glad that the subject was over. "I'll be attending Night Class due to my um... situation. While Hitori-one-san will be attending Day Class."
"Oh,"
Yagari had left a moment ago. He didn't want to be a part of this any longer.
"Anyway, I'm going to be straight to both of you. Especially Hitomi, We hardly have any Level D vampires in the academy before. Most of the vampires are nobles. So um... how are you doing by now Hitomi?"
Hitomi bit her lip. " I'm fine. I tried my best not to catch sight or smell blood every now and then. I survived mainly on blood tablets,"
"Well, I'm sad to say it's gonna be a lot harder to control your thirst here since there are plenty of humans here that might trigger your bloodlust," he said in a grave tone.
Hitomi flinched. Hitori hissed.
"Oh don't worry to much!" assured the chairman. "You're gonna be just fine. Since you're already used to blood tablets, then you have no problem getting used to this academy. Just to remind you, there's a strict rule that vampires must obey, 'NO FEEDING IN THE ACADEMY GROUNDS,'. Understand?"
"Yes,"
"Good. Hitori-chan, hope you don't mind but..."
"What?" she snapped.
Her voice was so cold that it literally made the chairman's blood run cold. He gulped.
"Like I said, since Hitomi-chan is your sister and everything, it might be a sensitive thing for you but um..." he stuttered.
"Just get to the point, Cross-san," sighed Hitori, with an annoyed look.
"Well, just to be safe, me and the rest of the senior council had agreed to make sure that Hitomi is always chaperoned by one of noble vampires, as a precaution. Kaname, the dorm leader, had also requested this,"
Who the heck is he? What right does he have to order my sister around? thought Hitori angrily.
"Who's he?" asked Hitomi, voicing Hitori's thoughts.
"Since you're a vampire, I think you need to know this. Vampires are divided into several groups. The most respected and feared are the purebloods. These vampires have no, not even an ounce of human blood in them. They are considered as the purest of the pure. Kuran Kaname, the dorm leader, belongs in this group. The next one are the nobles. These vampires are too respected but not as mush as the purebloods are. They are considered nobles because they only a thin trace of human blood in them. The next one are Level C which are common vampires and Level D . Nothing much to explain about them except that they are usually humans that are turned into vampires. Like you Hitomi-chan,"
he explained.
Hitomi looked down.
" These vampires will usually lose control over themselves and turn into the a Level E, the lowest rank of vampires. These vampires are the vampires that had lost their sanity and will do anything to relieve their thirst for blood, even kill," he added.
Hitomi shuddered. Hitori looked away.
The chairman smiled kindly at Hitomi.
"Hopefully, you won't become like them, Hitomi-chan. The only way to prevent you becoming like that is-"
"Is to drink the blood of the pureblood vampire that bit you. Who was already dead," Hitori cut him off.
"How did you know?"
"Yagari-sama told me," she stated simply.
"Figures,"
Hitomi looked up and and saw the pained expression on her sister's face. She hated it when her sister looks that way. She's the one with the problems and yet Hitori's the one that suffered from it.
She walked towards her sister and took her hands. Hitori looked up in surprise. Hitomi flashed her a carefree smile. A smile that her sister loves the most.
" Ma, ma, don't look at me that way, Hitori-one-san. Don't worry, I'll be fine," she smiled happily.
Hitori could say nothing but merely smile back at her sister. She always admired her younger sister's spirit. If Hitori had a wish, she would wished for nothing but her sister's happiness.
Hitori's thoughts were interrupted by a cough.
"I'm sorry to interrupt," said a deep voice.
Hitori turned and saw the face that she would instantly hate forever...
